It’s been a slow winter. One place made it from the “To Try” side to the “Good Places to Drink” column. And one place got dropped. The Cold Room was the one that made the jump. More surprisingly and significantly, Two places on the “Done and Worth Gong Back” side closed (Brasserie Capri and Tous les jours). I also rejigged some things and have started to add dates to restaurants when they are first added to the list, instead of only noting my last visit.

Recently they finally finished the renovations at Place des Arts. I will refrain from commenting on them, as there are only 49 synonyms in my thesaurus for the word bad, and none of them sufficiently evoke my feelings about what was done. However, one thing that did strike me, was how there is one glaring design flaw that was encountered in the renovations.

Namely, whomever decided it was an awesome idea to install floor to ceiling video screens in a dark corridor where very frequently there are massive hordes of people, forgot that it was likely that some of those people would in fact bush up against and or decide to try and touch those (probably) extremely expensive screens.

So, an after-the-fact-cheap-o-no-thought solution was instituted. As you can see, above, they installed some rope at ankle height. Kind of like what you would see in a museum with not enough security staff. Or in plainer language: bush league.